In 1866 Edward Huber became a member of the firm Kowlke, Hamme & Co. - a proprietorship a planing mill. In 1870 the firm changed to Huber, Gunn & Co. who manufactured the Huber Revolving Hay Rake. The Huber Revolving Hay Rake revolutionized farming and the basic design is still in use today. In 1875 the Huber Manufacturing Company was formed and was in the business of manufacturing and selling agricultural implements and machinery. The company closed in Marion, Ohio in 1977 and moved it's operations to South Carolina.Mr. Huber also invented the Huber Revolving Steel Road Scraper and the Steel Dump Scraper followed by the Huber Farm Engine; all of which were steam-driven. The Huber Grain Thresher was a joint effort with Mr. F. Stroble and was as successful as the previous items invented by Mr. Huber.In 1883 approximately 2000 revolving steel scrapers, 300 dump scrapers, 150 engines, 150 threshers and 6000 hay rakes were manufactured. In 1884 Huber Manufacturing announced their "Gasoline Traction Engine" which eventually replaced the unwieldy steam engine. Edward Huber died in 1904 and his sons carried on the family tradition of innovative inventions to ease farmers and construction workers world-wide.In 1908 Huber deliberately entered into the road machinery field when the Huber Steam Roller was introduced. It was a steam traction engine with a heavy roller taking the place of the front wheels. As with the hay rake, the basic design of the Huber Steam Roller is still in use to this day.The greatest contribution Huber made to road construction was the development of the automotive type motor roller in 1923 which "revolutionized the road construction industry" according to the company advertising literature. The original experimental roller put together in 1923 was still in use in 1948.